HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Iron Curtain, Allen Ginsberg, Alger Hiss
Document Summary
America c. 1945-1960: origins of the cold war, containing communism abroad, battling subversion at home, the affluent society , hints of dissatisfaction. Continental us undamaged by the world unlike everywhere else. Us possessed worlds largest military apparatus smaller than soviet red army but when you include the air force, navy and monopoly of the nuclear bomb. Taken the lead in negotiations for end of war world bank, imf, shaped by us. Took lead role in creating un april of 1945. A lot of people asking if us can survive the change back into peace time economy from war without going back into depression. Russia wanted to make a security perimeter in eastern europe because russia invaded from polish front too many times britain not impressed with atlantic charter because decolonization in the charter and free trade british more in. Existence of the atomic bomb kept soviet out of plan demonstrated twice aug.
